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P. H EIJDMANn EVAPORATING APPARATUS. uruonlow FILED MAY 24, 1909.

FRANCISGUS HENDRIKUS EIJDMAN, 0F RYBWYK, NETHERLANDS.

Evaroaarme APPARATUS.

' ration of liquidsparticularly applicable for use in connection with the eva oration of seawater or its brine, its ob ect emg to re- .duce the clo ging of the heating surfaces which has existed in apparatus hitherto proposed and to carry out the process of evaporation in a more economical eflicient andsystematic manner than heretofore.

The class of apparatus to which my inven tion has relation is that wherein stacks or aggregations of tubes are held at their extremities by tube plates through which they project into chambers, the lower one of which is shallow, and the upper one of sufficient height to enable the vapors to develop and escape. Such chambers are divided by diaphra ms arranged in such a manner that the liquid, impelled by the action of a circulating pump, is caused to traverse adjacent sets of tubes in contrary directions.

According to the present invention. the loss of pressure accruingfrom the passage of the liquid through the tubes is compen: sated by correspondingly proportioniug the height to which the liquid is forced during its travel, while the elevation to which it is lifted in the first chamber is sucht-hat it is'obliged to circulate by virtue of its potential energy at its initial and thereby constant velocity through the consecutive compartments of the evaporating apparatus. in a systematic well calculated way, whereby non-clogging of the heating surfaces and eflicient evaporation is obtained with very small differences of temperature betweenthe members of the entire apparatus.

The invention. is also characteristic in that a trap is provided to prevent the salt or other solid particles from being thrown up and mixed with the steam by the'high velocity of the vapors.

Specification of Letters Patent. Patented Feb, -21, 1911. Application filed May 24, 1909. Serial No. 498,049.

In order that this invention may be clearly understood and more easily carried into practice reference may be had to the appended explanatory six sheets of drawings, on which,

Figure 1 shows in part sectional elevation an application of the present improvements in an evaporating apparatus of the vertical type. Fi 2 is a section on line X Y of Fig. 1, and il ustrates the apparatus shown by Fig. 1. Fig. 3 is another sectional plan, the section plane being V W of Fig. 1. Fig. 4 illustrates in sectional elevation an appli cation of my invention to horizontal apparatus, in which the heating medium ,is inside and the liquid outside the tubes. Fig. 5 is a section on plane UZ of Fig. 4. Fig. 6 is a sectional elevation of a modification of the apparatus shown in Fig. 4. Fig. 7 is an elevation illustratinga modification of the vertical apparatus shown in Fig. 1.

In an embodiment of my invention such as illustrated by Figsf 1 2 and 3, an apparatus of the vertical or Robert t pe is employed and consists of a casin provided with tube plates Z), 0, through which the vertical tubes (Z are ada ted to pass, connection being thereby esta lished between the lower chamber a and 11 per chamber 0 for the passage ofthe liquid.

The lower chamber a diaphragm or partitions 1, 3. 5, 7, 7 and the upper one 6' by the partitions 1 3 5" 7 and by the secondary partitions 2, 4, 6, 8. The partitions 1. 3, 5. 7. 7 completely separate the ronnpartments a a a, a a from each other, and the partitions 1", 3", 5", 7 divide theupper chamber 0 into four principal compartments c c, which are subdivided bythe secondary partitions 2,

4, 6, 8, in such a manner that the evaporatis divided by the ing liquid is compelled to circulate through the consecutive compartments andsta'cks of tubes. Whereas the lower chamber a has five compartments the upper one 0 has eight owing to the secondary partitions 2, 4, 6, 8, subdividing the principal compartments 0 6,10, 0'.

The circulation is accelerated as aforesaid, by means of the circulating pump F which aspires the liquid firom the compartment a and forces it into the compartment (1 suitable pipes f i serving as the connecting media between the pump F and the evaporating apparatus.

Theheights to which the liquid is forced during its passage up and down the apparatus are proportional to the drop in pressure ensuing asthe result of such travel so that a constant velocity of the liquid s maintained and to effect this-object the diaphragms in the upper chamber are made of various heights. p

Judging theoretically the secondary dlaphragms might seem superfluous, as the liquid will run througlrthe tubes w th the velocity the'pump communicates to 1t, and this velocity being once given, the rest will follow as a matter of course. Yet, these secondary diaphragms are .of the greatest utility, .as they break up the ascending stream in the chambers 0 c 0*,0 sufficiently to allow the excess of heat, taken up by the liquidin its upward and downward progress through the tubes to become latent in the form of vapor, thus causing the liquid to evaporate, which evaporation is stimulated the agitation of the liquid in consequence of its velocity and the rubblng along the tubes. The height of the d1aphragms 1", 3 5 7 is of httle consequence, provided it is sufiicient to (prevent any-liquid going the wrong way, an leaves room for the hereinafter described drop-traps. By

' this arrangement, in which the pump does in previous systems, it is cheaper and much better (because systematic) work than .the tension of vapor d d possible to obtain for all cases the required circulation velocity of the evaporating liquid necessary to entirelyprevent 'the .clogging of the heatmg surfaces and powerful enough to increase at the same time the transmission of heat per unit of heating surface and of difference of temperature at a hitherto unknown .rate, so that the latter may be reduced by increasing the number of'pans in one battery, go-

ing thereby very far into the multiplex system of evaporation. I

Although the present improvements have been described as applied to vertical apparatus they may also be applied to horizontal apparatus. Figs. 4 and 5 show respectively in elevation and plan a horizontal apparatus wherein the steam is inside and the liquid outside-the tubes. The liquidenters at L- and is baffled in its course to the outlet Z by partitions m which have alternate The partitions m decrease in height from the inlet Z: to the outlet Z as shown in Fig. 4 by which means the liquid, taking a zig zag course is enabled to maintain a constant velocity. In the arrangement shown in Fig. 6 the spaces m are provided and the liquid is thereby caused to flow vertically in reverse directions, during which process it is only in contact with the heating surface when flowing upwardly.

Fig. 7 shows an embodiment of the verti cal apparatus wherein the liquid flows vertically in reverse directions in which it is only in contact with the heating surfaces when flowing upwardly. In this embodiment of my invention theupper and lower chambers To prevent the salt or other matters outof the evaporating liquids being thrown up by the high velocity of. the vapors, I have constructed a new trap for them, I cover the heads of the diaphragms 1 3 5 7", in the upper chamber with the layer of strong wire netting g with large meshes and fill the space above the netting g with thin wire netting k of fine mesh. I arrange them to be secured by or book onto the said strong layer and onto each other.

The small vapor bubbles, containing'fnore or less of the. dry matters, out of the liquid from which they are generated, are caught by the rough coated surface of the labyrinth of wires. The small drops being rubbed off onto them, gather until they are heavy enough to fall back. Consequently the condensed vapor (the distilled water), will be chemically pure.

Having now described my invention I declare that what I claim is 1. In an apparatus for evaporating liquids, a casing, tube plates therein formmg, a shallow chamber at the bottom, and,

a relatively deeper chamber at the top, of

the apparatus, tubes passing through the tube plates and establishing connection between the lower and upper chambers, partitions subdividing the lower chamber into separatecompartments, partitions subdividing the upper chamber into several principal compartments, and secondary partitions subdividing the principal compartments of the upper chamber.

2. In an apparatus liquids, a casing, tube plates therein forming a shallow chamber at the bottom, and, a

for evaporating relatively deeper chamber at the top, of the chamber, and means forcing the liquid 10 apparatus, tubes passing through. the tube through the evaporator. plates and establishing connection between In witness whereof I have hereunto set the lower and upper chambers, partitions my hand in the presence of two witnesses.

subdividing the lower chamber into separate compartments, partitions subdividing the FRANOISOUS HENDRIKUS EIJDMAN' upper chamber into several principal com- Witnesses: partments, secondary partitions subdivid- LEWIS \V. Groom),

ing the principal compartments of the upper R. L. Groom). 

